In <strong>Dhalgren</strong> perhaps one of the most profound and bestselling sciencefiction novels of all time Samuel R. Delany has produced a novel to standw... » 

In Dhalgren perhaps one of the most profound and bestselling sciencefiction novels of all time Samuel R. Delany has produced a novel to standwith the best American fiction of the 1970s Jonathan Lethem.Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something hashappened there.... The population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander thestreets. Strange portents appear in the cloudcovered sky. And into thisdisaster zone comes a young manpoet lover and adventurerknown only as theKid. Tackling questions of race gender and sexuality Dhalgren is a literarymarvel and groundbreaking work of American magical realism. «